Golden PEN Award
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{{Infobox award
| name = Golden PEN Award
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| awarded_for = "A Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature"
| host = English PEN
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| country = England
| year = 1993
| year2 = Active
| website = [http://www.englishpen.org/prizes/golden-pen-award-for-a-lifetimes-distinguished-service-to-literature Golden Pen Award]
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The Golden PEN Award is a literary award established in 1993 by English PEN given annually to a British writer for "a Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature".{{cite web |author=Alison Flood |date=3 December 2012 |title=Linton Kwesi Johnson wins Golden PEN award |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/dec/03/linton-kwesi-johnson-golden-pen-award |access-date=3 December 2012 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=27 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527215630/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/dec/03/linton-kwesi-johnson-golden-pen-award |url-status=live }} The winner is chosen by the Board of English PEN. The award has previously been called the S.T. Dupont Golden Pen Award.
The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centres around the world.
Recipients
References
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External links
- [http://www.englishpen.org/prizes/golden-pen-award-for-a-lifetimes-distinguished-service-to-literature/ Golden Pen Award] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615091232/http://www.englishpen.org/prizes/golden-pen-award-for-a-lifetimes-distinguished-service-to-literature/ |date=15 June 2013 }}, official website.
Category:Awards established in 1993